Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, Captured by Taliban Since 2009 Released
The only American soldier still in captivity in Afghanistan, Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, has been released and returned to U.S. special operations forces Saturday, Time reports.
Berghdal was released in exchange for five Afghan Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, who are being delivered into Qatari custody.
According to a senior Defense official, the handover occurred at approximately 10:30 am Eastern time Saturday along the eastern Afghanistan border with Pakistan, and took place quickly without incident, peacefully and without violence. More details on Time.
A propaganda Video of Bowe Bergdahl who disappeared June 30 from his base in eastern Afghanistan and was later confirmed to have been captured, appeared on a video posted Saturday July 18, 2009 to a Web site by the Taliban. Watch video below:
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Berghdal had been held since 2009, when he was captured in Afghanistan’s Paktika Province.
Berghdal was released in exchange for five Afghan Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, who are being delivered into Qatari custody.
According to a senior Defense official, the handover occurred at approximately 10:30 am Eastern time Saturday along the eastern Afghanistan border with Pakistan, and took place quickly without incident, peacefully and without violence. More details on Time.
A propaganda Video of Bowe Bergdahl who disappeared June 30 from his base in eastern Afghanistan and was later confirmed to have been captured, appeared on a video posted Saturday July 18, 2009 to a Web site by the Taliban. Watch video below:
Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, Captured by Taliban Since 2009 Released
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Why is it that, all I can think of is U.S. Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody of Homeland.
ReplyDeleteSame here. It is a damn shame a lot of americans will think of homeland when reading about this guy.
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